This volume boldly shifts focus away from top-down community engagements, usually instigated by elite academic and heritage institutions, to examine locally initiated projects. Schmidt explores how and why local research initiatives, which are often motivated by rapid culture change caused by globalization, arose among the Haya people of western Tanzania. This frank appraisal privileges local voices and focuses attention on the unique and important contributions that such projects can make to the preservation of regional history. Through a blend of personalized narrative and analytical…mehr
This volume boldly shifts focus away from top-down community engagements, usually instigated by elite academic and heritage institutions, to examine locally initiated projects. Schmidt explores how and why local research initiatives, which are often motivated by rapid culture change caused by globalization, arose among the Haya people of western Tanzania. This frank appraisal privileges local voices and focuses attention on the unique and important contributions that such projects can make to the preservation of regional history. Through a blend of personalized narrative and analytical examination, the book provides fresh insights into African archaeology and heritage studies.
Peter R. Schmidt is Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Florida, USA, as well as Extraordinary Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
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Part I: Backdrop to Heritage Meanings 1: Prelude to the Unexpected 2: Setting, Place, and Heritage Part II: A Biography of a Local Heritage Initiative 3: Disorientation and Recuperation: Relearning Heritage in Katuruka Village 4: Grassroots Heritage Work in Action 5: Spitting Pearls: Agendas for Community Research and Heritage Performance are Realized 6: Euphoria, Cargo Cult Expectations, and Hard Reality 7: Commentary: Fitting Buhaya into Global Perspectives Part III: Community Research Findings 8: HIV/AIDS, The Living, and Memory 9: Intangible Heritage: Hope Lost over Erased Ethical Values 10: Commentary: Reflections on Human Rights, Senses of Place, and Heritage 11: Heritage Lost, Heritage Regained 12: Androcentric Perspectives, Subaltern Conundrums, and Learning from Snakes 13: Njeru, the "White Sheep" and her Snake. With Eudes Bambanza and Zuriat Mohamed Part IV: Reflections on the Katuruka Initiative 14: Progress while Negotiating Potholes 15: Harm by Greed: "Negotiating" Heritage Rights and Land Use 16: The Future of Katuruka: Is there Hope? Part V: Spreading to other Communities and Concluding Thoughts 17: Heritage Ephemeral, Heritage Hidden, and Heritage Revealed at Kanazi Palace 18: Kanazi Palace, King Kahigi II, and Ethical Conundrums in Community Heritage Work 19: The "Cave of the Dead": Genocide, Forgotten Heritage, and Education 20: Reflections and Connections
Part I: Backdrop to Heritage Meanings 1: Prelude to the Unexpected 2: Setting, Place, and Heritage Part II: A Biography of a Local Heritage Initiative 3: Disorientation and Recuperation: Relearning Heritage in Katuruka Village 4: Grassroots Heritage Work in Action 5: Spitting Pearls: Agendas for Community Research and Heritage Performance are Realized 6: Euphoria, Cargo Cult Expectations, and Hard Reality 7: Commentary: Fitting Buhaya into Global Perspectives Part III: Community Research Findings 8: HIV/AIDS, The Living, and Memory 9: Intangible Heritage: Hope Lost over Erased Ethical Values 10: Commentary: Reflections on Human Rights, Senses of Place, and Heritage 11: Heritage Lost, Heritage Regained 12: Androcentric Perspectives, Subaltern Conundrums, and Learning from Snakes 13: Njeru, the "White Sheep" and her Snake. With Eudes Bambanza and Zuriat Mohamed Part IV: Reflections on the Katuruka Initiative 14: Progress while Negotiating Potholes 15: Harm by Greed: "Negotiating" Heritage Rights and Land Use 16: The Future of Katuruka: Is there Hope? Part V: Spreading to other Communities and Concluding Thoughts 17: Heritage Ephemeral, Heritage Hidden, and Heritage Revealed at Kanazi Palace 18: Kanazi Palace, King Kahigi II, and Ethical Conundrums in Community Heritage Work 19: The "Cave of the Dead": Genocide, Forgotten Heritage, and Education 20: Reflections and Connections
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